Submissions are closed. Fiction remains open.
At Afapinen, we simply seek the best thoughts on art: this could be a literary criticism essay, reviews, culture criticism, or photography and visual art writing. We have preference for works with critical depth, which explore questions of the artistic—intersecting the politics of ideas, history, what it means to celebrate art and culture, and the ways of thinking. We also consider long-form nonfiction or any surprise. Send your submission to editorafapinen@gmail.com, keeping in mind a word count of 1200 to 6000 max.
For essays, use the subject “Essay Submission,” and send only a not-more-than 200-word abstract to the email given above for consideration. If your submission is nonfiction, use the subject “Nonfiction Submission,” include a cover letter in the body of the email and attach nonfiction as doc. We are not open to poetry submission, but if this is your interest, send us a note on craft to review.
We respond within 14 days of submission.
Payment depends on published work, but starts with a threshold of N15,000.
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